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Setting The Table: Stories from India’s Food Cultures

June 9, 2026
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Powerhouse is the largest museum group in Australia. It sits at the intersection of the arts, design, science, and technology, and plays a critical role in engaging communities with contemporary ideas and issues. Photo courtesy of Ashish Abraham.

Setting The Table: Stories from India’s Food Cultures is a collaboration between Powerhouse and The Locavore. Across six stories and original recipes, we share and celebrate the depth, nuance and living traditions of contemporary regional Indian food cultures.

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Mumbai Koli Project Exhibition: Where the City Meets the Sea

June 8, 2026
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Designed as an intimate walk-through space, the exhibition invited visitors to listen, read, and spend time with the people, places, and everyday practices that shape Mumbai’s fishing communities. All photos by Nidhi Jacob.

Photographs, stories, recipes, and fragments of lived experience gathered through the Mumbai Koli Project were brought to life through an exhibition held in Mumbai.

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Organisations

NESFAS: Safeguarding and Revitalising Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems

May 29, 2026
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NESFAS works with indigenous communities like Khasi-Jaintia, Garo, Karbi, and Biate in Meghalaya and Nagaland to revitalise, safeguard, and promote food systems. All photos courtesy NESFAS.

Working closely with farmers, weavers, fisherfolk, foragers, local entrepreneurs, and community cooks in Meghalaya and Nagaland, NESFAS is conserving Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and its diversity.

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Know Your Desi Ingredients

Sugarcane

May 27, 2026
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Known for its sweet, refreshing juice, this fibrous stalk is a tropical summer staple.

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Know Your Desi Ingredients

Dalle Khursani

May 27, 2026
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This round, fiery GI-tagged chilli is commonly found across Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong.

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Know Your Desi Ingredients

Alibaug white onion

May 27, 2026
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This mildly pungent onion is grown in the coastal soils of Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

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Stable Income, Drinking Water, Rest: Why Gig Workers Unionise

May 21, 2026
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Delivery workers across multiple quick-commerce platforms assert that urban regions can no longer do without doorstep delivery. In such a context, why does gig work remain undignified? We’re bringing together three speakers—who have been closely working, organising, and advocating for the rights of gig workers—to highlight ground realities of this economy and discuss the demands of the many workers employed under this system.

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